Westward Expansion*Cause and Conflict *Movement and Transportation

Fill in your graphic organizer as we go along!

Essential QuestionWhat were the causes, conflicts, and methods of movement associated with Westward Expansion?

Directions for Notes

Pay attention and learn during this lesson. There are lots of pictures and information in here. Only worry about writing down words in red to fill in your graphic organizer (chart) when Ms. Zervakos/Ms. Finch-Smith says to do so.

CAUSES

Jobs

People were going west to look for new ways to make money!

New Homes

Go west to build new homes in a new environment!

Adventure

The beginning of a new story.

Search for gold. 0 Trying to get rich quick!

Religion

Manifest Destiny

What is that?

Watch 1:15- 2:35

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvt9fJYzEjkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrjg9ulR-xo

Legislation & Politics

More land was becoming US Territory!

So, under causes you should have…

1. Jobs2. New Homes

3. Adventure4. Search for Gold

5. Manifest Destiny6. Legislation

CONFLICTS

“Unfriendly Natives”

0 Native Americans sometimes tried to resist or fight the Pioneers settling near their villages.

0 Think critically: Is is fair for us to call the Native American Indians “unfriendly”? Europeans were coming in and taking over the land. How would you feel if outsiders started moving into your neighborhood and change everything? Would you be friendly?

Food/Water Shortages

0 They did not have any grocery stores in the wild west!

Disease0It was hard to stay healthy while traveling a trail to the west!

Weather

It is hard to hide from the rain on a trail. Wagons got stuck in the mud! Without modern rain gear, people got soaking wet. In the winter you might catch pneumonia from that!

So, for conflicts you should have written down:

1. Unfriendly Natives2. Food/Water shortages

3. Disease4. Weather

MOVEMENT

Who were the people that moved?1. Pioneers

2. Native Americans3. Frontiersmen

Types of Transportation Used (How they Moved)

1. Horse2. Stagecoaches3. Railroads

Trails Routes & Expeditions

1. Pony Express Route2. Santé Fe Trail 3. Lewis and Clark Expedition4. Oregon Trail5. Wilderness Tail6. Mormon Pioneer Trail

Tails Routes & Expeditions

Indian Removal Routes (Above)

Map of when and where Creeks and Cherokees surrendered land to the Georgia government. (Left)

Native Americans

Western Expansion Explained & Summarized

0 http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/westwardexpansion

0 We will watch the video and take the quiz as a class to see how much we have learned!

If we have time…

0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs2w4lwQRtc#aid=P8R5_w1WAJQ

- Think about the song being sung by a European American (white) pioneer. She said “it was meant to be, its manifest destiny.” Do think the rest of the world, or even the rest of the people in America agreed with this?

F.Y.I.Q: How did Richard Allen buy his freedom?

A: He earned the money by working extra hours and doing odd jobs.